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Amazon.de has XCOM for 22€, not sure how many British non-euros that translates to. It's the download version, basically just a steam key.

Amazon.de has PC game downloads now? Sweeeeet. Do you know if there are any regional restrictions like the US download service has?

There's over five hundred games on there! Granted, most of them are, shall I say, not tailored to our demographic, but there are some good deals to be found there. Civ V, €10, or goatee, €14; much cheaper than Steam, even with the 50% discount. Also some Princes of Persia, Foot-to-ball Managers, Assassins' Creed, and a crapton of simulators.

Something I just noticed which is a bit of a PITA - you can't buy multiple digital download games from Amazon in a cart, you have to 'one click purchase' them - which means multiple currency fees for multiple games.

Even the compilation pack "Mass Effect Trilogy" doesn't include the paid DLC, hence my asking whether it ever went on sale. Geez EA/Bioware.

A few months ago you could buy Bioware points for half price. Googling it reveals a few different times when they were discounted a bit.

BTW does anyone know if the full version of Saints Row 3 on Steam is the full version or the full version for now?
Someone posted in a thread in these forums to not buy games unless you intend to play them soon, since they will be cheaper in the future, but I'm not sure it applies to THQ's games...

The idiots, while that was their I bought 80% of my gamers with them, most recently Scribblenauts Infinite, earlier than that Mass Effect 3 at release and a bunch of smaller things in-between. I guess Green man gaming is the most aggressive discounter now.. Aside from steam themselves perhaps.

Amazon.de has PC game downloads now? Sweeeeet. Do you know if there are any regional restrictions like the US download service has?

There's over five hundred games on there! Granted, most of them are, shall I say, not tailored to our demographic, but there are some good deals to be found there. Civ V, €10, or goatee, €14; much cheaper than Steam, even with the 50% discount. Also some Princes of Persia, Foot-to-ball Managers, Assassins' Creed, and a crapton of simulators.

I'm just going to assume that the same rules as for amazon.com downloads apply: Just use a German adress and it works. They have weekly deals, which sometimes includes good stuff that isn't discounted on Steam (in that particular moment).

Seems like you're right. I just tried ordering XCOM using a Dutch address, and it gave me the same error message as I get from the US download service. I wasn't actually planning to buy it, though, so I'm not going to track down a German address too.